Solar

Rooftop solar rebates offering to cover up to 50 per cent of the cost of a PV system will be made available to small businesses in Victoria, as part of the state government’s Solar Homes scheme. Victorian energy minister Lily D’Ambrosio…

The South Australia government has given planning approval for the massive $3 billion Goyder South wind, solar and battery storage project that will help propel the state towards and beyond the state Liberal government’s target of “net” 100…

New technical standards for inverters that control rooftop solar, battery storage devices and electric vehicle charging will come into effect in December, the Australian Energy Market Commission has ruled, with further and potentially…

Australian start-up UPowr has won a federal government grant to accelerate the development and deployment of an all-digital sales platform, that the company hopes will shake-up the solar and storage market. UPowr said the innovative digital…

A roof in British Columbia with Ergosun solar roof tiles. Image: Ergosun A Canada-based company called Ergosun caught One Step’s eye this week with a pitch to the Spanish market for its “ready to install” Integrated Solar Roof Tile – a…

Image supplied Leading global inverter supplier Fimer has launched a new range of three-phase string inverter solutions on the Australian market, targeting commercial and industrial solar applications and offering a “host of additional…

The UPC/AC Renewables Australia joint venture says it has secured debt finance for a 400MW solar farm in northern NSW, the first stage of what is planned to be a massive 720MW solar project and a 400MWh big battery, among the biggest in the…

Image supplied Melbourne-based Moon Dog Brewing has joined the ranks of Australian beer makers powered by solar, with the installation of just under 100kW of rooftop PV at the Preston craft brewery and pub. The 99.8kW system, which was…

The $22 billion Sun Cable project that is aiming to export Australian solar power to Singapore from a massive 10GW solar farm in the Northern Territory has signed a key planning agreement with the Northern Territory government.The Project…

Gibraltar Industries yesterday announced the further expansion of its solar energy portfolio through the acquisitions of TerraSmart and Sunfig. TerraSmart, a provider of screw-based, ground-mount solar racking technology,…